Museum Studies Program Blog
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Samuel J. Redman presents – A Swift Death and Steady Resurrection: Salvage Anthropology and U.S. Museums (March 2019)
This presentation explores salvage anthropology, a movement spurred by threats of extinction faced by indigenous societies that brought millions of material culture objects into museums. As a result, questions have arisen for museums such as what to do with stolen artifacts, stolen knowledge, and...
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MSP17 trip to Chicago
In October 2017 the group traveled to Chicago for a few days to visit some museums. Here are some highlights.
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MSP16 trip to Chicago
In October 2016 the group traveled to Chicago for a few days to visit some museums. Here are some highlights.
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student kudos – museum studies minor
Kudos to… Hannah Thoms, an undergraduate student in Anthropology, History, and Museum Studies, received the Terrence McDonald Award. Terrence McDonald was the former Dean of LSA and is the current Director of the Bentley Historical Library. The award was established by Honors alumnus, John...
Sept 20 – “Take Your Pick” exhibition selection – UM Museum of Art
UMMA invites Museum Studies Program students to an exclusive meet and greet with collector Peter Cohen, whose photographs are the subject of UMMA’s upcoming interactive exhibition Take Your Pick. Take Your Pick invites you—the Museum’s visitors—to select photographs for our permanent collection. What belongs in a permanent...
FAST Lecture Sept 12 – IPCAA in the Field
September’s FAST Lecture is entitled “IPCAA in the Field,” where three current IPCAA PhD students and candidates give short presentations on their own research from the past summer. This research is either separate or in conjunction with their summer excavation fieldwork and representative of...
student kudos!
Kudos to… Anna Minnebo, Anthropology major and museum studies minor student. Anna was the recipient of this year’s Museum Studies Minor Award given by the Department of the History of Art. Anna has worked in two campus museums, the Natural History Museum and the...
Alumni kudos!
Kudos to… John Low (MSP05), Associate Professor in the Department of Comparative Studies at Ohio State University at Newark, has just accepted an offer to serve as Director of the Newark Earthworks Center (NEC). The NEC is an interdisciplinary academic center of The Ohio...
Michigan Museum Association and Association of Midwest Museums conference, Oct 2-5
The Michigan Museum Association and the Association of Midwest Museums will be holding a joint conference from October 2 – 5. The conference will be held in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Speakers include: Nina Simon, Executive Director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History...